Brock Nelson
#11 · Center · Colorado Avalanche
| GamesGP | GoalsG | AssistsA | PointsP | ShotsSOG | Ice timeTOI | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This season | 4 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 16:58 |
| Last season | 81 | 33 | 32 | 65 | 186 | 19:39 |
Role
Where he fits on Colorado right now.
- Line
L3 with G. Landeskog and M. Necas · 10:43 a game together
- Power play
Not on either unit
- Penalty kill
Starts the kill 9 of 10 kills · 1:03 a kill · starts 8 · takes the draw
- Ice time
16:58 a game, 5th-most among Colorado forwards · 12:47 5-on-5 · 1:22 PP · 2:22 PK
- Competition
About average among forwards · home tougher than 62%, road about average
Easier opponents than 61% of forwards
Where he stands out
What he does better or worse than most players at his position.
Better than most at his position
Creating chances
+0.17 expected goals /60better than 83% of forwards
Preventing chances
−0.12 expected goals against /60better than 81% of forwards
Behind most at his position
Shorthanded threat
0.67 expected goals for /60behind 90% of forwards
Listed only when we can be confident he is above or below average. Numbers from this season and last, through Oct 10. Compared with forwards who have played at least 20 games over the two seasons.
Better than most at his position
Distance skated
10.19 miles /60farther than 85% of centers
Behind most at his position
Shooting volume
9.6 shot attempts /60behind 77% of centers
Listed only when we can be confident he is above or below average. Numbers from this season, through Oct 10. Compared with forwards who have played at least 3 games.
All ratings
Every rating, against other forwards.
This season’s 4 games blended with last season’s 81, and pulled toward the average forward by an amount that depends on how quickly each rating settles.
Shooting volume, creating his own chances, shot blocking, hardest shot and distance skated compare centers with centers, because centers and wingers really differ there. Everything else compares all forwards.
This season’s 4 games only, pulled toward the average forward. Expect wide ranges this early.
Driving play at 5-on-5
- Creating chancesAlong for the rideDrives play
+0.17 expected goals /60top 17%
−0.06 expected goals /60bottom 30%
- Preventing chancesChances against riseShuts it down
−0.12 expected goals against /60top 19%
no measurable changeaverage
Scoring
- Shooting volumeRarely shootsFires away
10.2 shot attempts /60bottom 34%
9.6 shot attempts /60bottom 23%
- Creating his own chancesFew chancesDangerous
0.80 expected goals /60top 23%
0.63 expected goals /60bottom 32%
- FinishingBelow expectedSniper
+0.3 goals above expected /100 shotstop 8%
−0.3 goals above expected /100 shotstop 37%
- Setting up goalsRarely sets upPlaymaker
0.49 first assists /60bottom 19%
0.54 first assists /60average
Special teams
- Power-play chancesQuietThreat
1.69 expected goals /60bottom 14%
1.82 expected goals /60too few games
- Shorthanded threatPure defensePower kill
0.67 expected goals for /60bottom 10%
0.84 expected goals for /60average
Physical and puck
- HittingAvoids contactPhysical
hitting score 39bottom 29%1.48 hits /60bottom 15%
hitting score 51bottom 38%2.65 hits /60bottom 34%
- Shot blockingRarely blocksShot blocker
- TakeawaysRarePuck thief
takeaway score 87bottom 34%0.80 takeaways /60bottom 36%
Penalties and faceoffs
- Drawing penaltiesRarelyDraws calls
0.76 penalties drawn /60bottom 42%
0.81 penalties drawn /60average
- Staying out of the boxOften penalizedClean
0.71 penalties taken /60bottom 44%
0.73 penalties taken /60bottom 41%
- FaceoffsLoses drawsWins draws
49.6% wonaverage
49.4% wonaverage
Hitting, shot blocking and takeaways are arena-adjusted scores (100 is the average forward); switch “Hits and takeaways” to Raw in the settings to see the numbers as recorded. How the ratings work.
Shots
Where his shots come from, and how his misses miss.
269 unblocked shots, this season and last, from his point of view. 1 more from outside the zone. Empty nets left out.
4 unblocked shots, this season, from his point of view. Empty nets left out.
How his misses miss
84 missed shots. “Wide left” is from his point of view.
1 missed shots. “Wide left” is from his point of view.
The NHL’s game data records how a shot missed, but not where in the net a goal or save went (glove side, blocker, five-hole). That needs paid camera tracking, so we don’t show it.
Skating and shot
Speed, bursts, shot power and where he spends his shifts, from the NHL’s own tracking (NHL EDGE).
- Top speedSlowerBurner
22.6 mphtop 42%
21.8 mphtop 32%
- Fast burstsRareFrequent
5.6 bursts /60average
5.3 bursts /60average
- Hardest shotSofterCannon
86.5 mphaverage
78.5 mphaverage
- Distance skatedShorterCovers ground
9.94 miles /60top 24%
10.19 miles /60top 15%
- Time in the offensive zoneDefendingAttacking
42.2% of his timetop 26%
39.4% of his timebottom 34%
Top speed and hardest shot are his best single moments over this season and lastthis season; bursts and distance are per 60 minutes of his ice time. Tracking data: NHL EDGE.